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280 Ft Washington Avenue

A 6-story building with 37 apartments, built in 1915, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

Addresses on the lot: 280 to 284 Ft Washington Avenue.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

6open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous
5complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years4 older

280 Ft Washington Avenue has 6 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 280 FORT WASHINGTON AVENUE CORP.

Does 280 Ft Washington Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 6 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most2
B, hazardous30 days4
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days0

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 1 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 280 Ft Washington Avenue?

280 Ft Washington Avenue is registered with HPD to 280 FORT WASHINGTON AVENUE CORP. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 4 older cases, the latest from 2014.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 34% of residential buildings in 10032 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 280 Ft Washington Avenue rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 28, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 1-02142-0089.